US correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben joins Kathryn to talk about the ongoing negotiations into raise the debt ceiling after US government debt hit its limit of US$31.4 trillion last week.
Meanwhile the long fight over the speakership and debt ceiling crisis have caused some in the Republican party to question whether its lost its way.
And Utah has passed a law prohibiting certain gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors.
Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk